#74ADE4#74ADE4

#74ADE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.100 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ADE4
RGB	rgb(116, 173, 228)
HSL	hsl(209, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -3.68, -33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 33.58, 263.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0367 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.1 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1448, 39.1989, 79.0452)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ADE4 #E4AB74

analogous

#74E4E3 #74ADE4 #7475E4

triadic

#74ADE4 #E474AD #ADE474

tetradic

#74ADE4 #E374E4 #E4AB74 #75E474

square

#74ADE4 #E374E4 #E4AB74 #75E474

split-complementary

#74ADE4 #E47475 #E4E374

monochromatic

#2470BA #418FDA #74ADE4 #A7CBEE #DAE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#74ADE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#74ADE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ADE4

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ADE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ADE4	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EBAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ade4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 173, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.100 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c5ec',
    500: '#74ade4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ade4;
$custom-light: #a2c5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ade4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.464,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7299,
    "c": 0.10019,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ADE4

secondary

#EBDAC8

accent

#7116CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ADE4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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